MECCA


Meaning of MECCA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mekə ]

( meccas)

1.

Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia, which is the holiest city in Islam because the Prophet Mohammed was born there. All Muslims face towards Mecca when they pray.

N-PROPER

2.

If you describe a place as a mecca or Mecca for a particular thing or activity, you mean that many people who are interested in it go there.

Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.

N-COUNT : usu sing , with supp

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